Mary Wortley Montagu

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

Solitude begets whimsies.

In short I will part with anything for you but you.

A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.

Life is too short for a long story.

People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.